Hitler and Cloud Computing
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Opening Locks with Foil Impressioning
Interesting blog post, with video demonstration, about an improved tool to open high security locks with a key that will just “form itself” if you insert it into the lock and wiggle it a little. The basic technique is a few years old, but the improvements discussed here allow the tool to open a wider variety of locks than before.
Penny Shooter Business Card
Nice. Of course, this means that the TSA will start banning wallets on airplanes.
Transport Canada on its New Security Regulations
Okay, it’s really the Rick Mercer Report.
German TV on the Failure of Full-Body Scanners
The video is worth watching, even if you don’t speak German. The scanner caught a subject’s cell phone and Swiss Army knife—and the microphone he was wearing—but missed all the components to make a bomb that he hid on his body. Admittedly, he only faced the scanner from the front and not from the side. But he also didn’t hide anything in a body cavity other than his mouth—I didn’t think about that one—he didn’t use low density or thinly sliced PETN, and he didn’t hide anything in his carry-on luggage.
Full-body scanners: they’re not just a dumb idea, they don’t actually work.
Loretta Napoleoni on the Economics of Terrorism
Interesting TED talk:
Loretta Napoleoni details her rare opportunity to talk to the secretive Italian Red Brigades—an experience that sparked a lifelong interest in terrorism. She gives a behind-the-scenes look at its complex economics, revealing a surprising connection between money laundering and the US Patriot Act.
Cybersecurity Theater at FOSE
FOSE, the big government IT conference, has a “Cybersecurity Theater” this year. I wonder if they’ll check photo IDs.
On a similar note, I am pleased that my term “security theater” has finally hit the mainstream. It’s everywhere. My favorite variant is “security theater of the absurd.”
And this great cartoon. And two more.
Jon Stewart didn’t use the words “security theater,” but he was pretty funny on January 4.
Me and the Christmas Underwear Bomber
I spent a lot of yesterday giving press interviews. Nothing I haven’t said before, but it’s now national news and everyone wants to hear it.
These are the most interesting bits. Rachel Maddow interviewed me last night on her show. Jeffrey Goldberg interviewed me for the Atlantic website. And CNN.com published a rewrite of an older article of mine on terrorism and security.
I’ve started to call the bizarre new TSA rules “magical thinking”: if we somehow protect against the specific tactic of the previous terrorist, we make ourselves safe from the next terrorist.
EDITED TO ADD (12/29): I don’t know about this quote:
“I flew 265,000 miles last year,” said Bruce Schneier, a cryptographer and security analyst. “You know what really pisses me off? Making me check my luggage. Not letting me use my laptop, so I can’t work. Taking away my Kindle, so I can’t read. I care about those things. I care about making me safer much, much less.”
For the record, I do care about being safer. I just don’t think any of the airplane security measures proposed by the TSA accomplish that.
Change Blindness
Interesting video demonstrating change blindness: the human brain’s tendency to ignore major visual changes. The implications for security are pretty serious.
EDITED TO ADD (1/11): Two more videos. Daniel C. Dennett on the topic.
Sidebar photo of Bruce Schneier by Joe MacInnis.